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GNCTD (Amendment) Act will paralyse governance in Delhi: 76 ex-civil servants in joint statementThe Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021, accords primacy to Delhi's Lieutenant Governor over the electe...- View: Will judiciary enter the political arena too? All eyes on UK verdictThe belief that the judiciary, apart from being independent, is duty bound to clip the wings of the executive has long enjoyed intellectual...
- J&K Governor attracted to 'Gujarat model' not Westminster model of democracy: Chidambaram"The Westminster model of democracy is outdated. Like in all other matters, it is the Gujarat model that has appealed to the J&K Governor,"...
- House in crisis: Four reasons why Parliament is becoming irrelevantFor the last two weeks, Parliament has worked just five hours. Given the rotten state of affairs, is it time to write the obituary for parl...
- Harish Salve wants SC to make rules over ministers' right to air views on public mattersNoted lawyer Harish Salve urged the apex court to lay down the rule over the matter, saying far too many politicians were now shooting thei...
- Sleep an occupational hazard for all MPs?The issue of subsidised food in Parliament has periodically caused heartburn, live TV coverage in particular has certainly done much to kee...
- ‘Westminster model of democracy not suited to us … India needs a presidential form of government’Parliamentary vulnerability to legislative majorities has also produced governments obliged to focus more on politics than on policy or per...
- Statute of Liberty: Constitution is sublime, failings are of our own makingThe biggest success of Indian democracy has been its ability to sustain the system of a popular government.
- Less check, more balance: Reforms must reduce Rajya Sabha’s power to block the popular mandateTake for instance the UK, on whose Westminster model of parliamentary democracy our system is mostly based.
- Bar association president Dushyant Dave urges Supreme Court not to strike down NJACDave said the court will lean in favour of constitutionality and will interpret a law to prevent friction.
- Success of Nepal peace process in India’s interest: Baburam BhattaraiFormer Prime Minister of Nepal Baburam Bhattarai feels that it is in India’s interests that Constitution of Nepal should be framed at earli...
- No substance left in Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh relationshipSonia Gandhi is supposed to be extra sensitive about being nice and proper to party elders and may even offer an apology to the PM or get h...
- Why is Rahul Gandhi nasty to Manmohan SinghSkipping the farewell dinner that his mother threw for Manhmohan Singh was one of Rahul Gandhi’s rare decisive and political acts.
- India must set its house in order to be seen as model country: NRI AcademicianThussu observed that despite massive expansion, "India has the largest number of people - 300 million - below the poverty line."
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee never allowed dignity of PMO to be underminedThere used to be strict confidentiality and discipline with clarity about work distribution. He adhered to the concept of collective respon...
- Poke Me: We need a National SarpanchA directly elected and strong president will not be vulnerable to coalitions. It will have stability of tenure, and will be able to concent...
- Congress not to bank on any personality in election: Manish Tiwari"The UPA will fight the polls on the basis of the strength of its policies and programmes," Tiwari said.
- British democracy is in 'terminal decline': ReportAn audit has said that representative democracy in the country is in 'long-term terminal decline', amidst a rise of corporate power.
- India's Westminster-type government is struggling with coalition woesIndia has accepted the Westminster model, which is now proving to be an unworkable method of running a government smoothly.
- Theatre of the absurdIt is not known from where Fyodor Dostoevsky got his inspiration for The Brothers Karamazov.
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